System and method for channel estimation in a wireless communications system

A user equipment (UE) operating within range of interfering transmitting devices, the UE comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive channel significance information for communications channels, of the interfering transmitting devices, that are potentially significant interferers to the UE, wherein the channel significance information includes a probability, for each of the communications channels of the interfering transmitting devices, that the each communications channel is a significant interferer to the UE, and
• a processor operatively coupled to the receiver, the processor configured to estimate channel parameters of the communications channels of the interfering transmitting devices in accordance with the channel significance information including the probabilities;
• and
• a transmitter operatively coupled to the processor, the transmitter configured to transmit the estimated channel parameters to a controller associated with communication for the first receiving device.